The backgrounds are great and don’t get in the way of the player’s focus on the characters which seems intentional and smart too. Once you become familiar with the enemies, they are quick to identify which is handy during combat. The insect-like characters are distinctive using a comic style with thick outlines and detail. Visually the game is striking with a focus on a monochrome look for most characters and environments which helps make the splashes of colour really stand out more.If you can defeat them (not too hard) the coins you lost at the time will be returned. Death doesn’t always mean losing everything with a spectre of your former self remaining on the map.You are still likely to die a lot but hopefully it’ll be a lot less cheap deaths. Fighting enemies fills your Soul Vessel and allows you to continue to restore your health so from the outset you have the means to avoid a lot of unnecessary deaths.
The very first ability you learn is to restore your health (indicated by masks on the HUD). The game encourages you to both fight and stay alive.The beginning of your travels underground… As you progress further in the world you’ll learn more about what’s happened but you’ll have a few obstacles to overcome first… The story opens with your character arriving at what appears to be a mostly abandoned town with the citizenry having headed underground for by the lure of what’s below but never to return The population consists of a variety of insect like characters and you’ll soon meet a few with very human traits that are revealed through dialogue. Hollow Knight from developer Team Cherry feels like another great example of the genre that’s been built with care to preserve the concepts of the past but with enough elements of modern design elements to keep it both tough and fair.Īfter obsessing over Dead Cells last year it’s nice to jump into another game in the genre especially one that aims for a different pace and atmosphere. With its use of expansive maps and a progress curve that gradually opens up areas as you accumulate the right skills or items, players can get a lot of value out of a single title as they work their way through to a game’s end. It seems to be a great time to be a gamer if you’re a fan of the “Metroidvania” genre.
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